Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
Vaterfordien(sis) et Lismorien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Waterford, Ireland
The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore is a Latin Church diocese covering Waterford city and county, much of south Tipperary and a small part of County Cork in Ireland, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The two former sees of Waterford and Lismore were united in 1363, and Alphonsus Cullinan has been bishop since April 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1363
- Latin
- Vaterfordien(sis) et Lismorien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Otteran, Saint Carthage (Mochuda of Lismore) and Saint Declan
- Annuario code
- 001000143
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 144,027
- Population
- 152,136
- Catholic share
- 94.7%
- Priests
- 117
- Catholics per priest
- 1,231
- Extent
- 2,541 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 57
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alphonsus Cullinan
- Born
- 7 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Lahinch
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford stands in Waterford, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cashel and Emly
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Cashel and EmlyThurles
- Diocese of KillaloeKillaloe
- Diocese of LimerickLimerick
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].